My composer Aaron Copland was in the modern era. He was born in Brooklyn‚ New York on November 14‚ 1900. He died in North Tarrytown‚New York on December 2‚ 1990. He died of Alzheimer’s disease and respiratory failure. During this time World War 2 had begun ‚ the great depression‚World War 1‚ Russian revolution‚ and the Cold War. Aaron Copland received some of his training from Nadia Boulanger at the Paris Conservatory. His older sister also taught him how to play the piano. The only one in his
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best composer in the Baroque era. Georg Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach are both extremely important composers and musicians in the Baroque period. Handel‚ in my opinion was more humble and creative. His music was based off of his own life experiences while a lot of Bach’s music was gathered from the composers he liked. Bach did travel but often times it was not to perform yet it was to listen to other performers. Therefor‚ I feel as if Georg was more of the international composer yet
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ also known as Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky‚ was a Russian Composer who lived during the late Romantic Period. He was mostly famous for composing pieces of music for operas and ballets. He was born on May 7‚ 1840 in Kamsko-Votkinsk‚ Vyatka‚ Russia. He took piano lessons at the age of five‚ and showed his passion for music when he was young. However‚ his parents wanted him to work in the civil service. Since he wanted to obey his parents and their wishes for him‚ he went to boarding
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Comparison of Haydn and Beethoven Franz Josef Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven are two of the greatest classical composers in the history of music‚ rivaled only by the masterful Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Beethoven‚ who was much younger than Haydn‚ moved to Vienna when he was young to study under Haydn. However‚ due to Haydn’s increasing age‚ and Beethoven’s increasing temper‚ the lessons only lasted for a little over a year. The lessons‚ if only for a short period‚ clearly left a mark on Beethoven
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innovative aspect of Stravinsky’s second and third ballets is their bitonality‚ which is the use of two different keys at the same time‚ as seen with the juxtaposition of the two chords in "Dance of the Young Girls". According to Alfred Casella‚ the composer can be seen as the primogenitor of polytonality‚ as The Rite of Spring presents bitonality properly and is not just "a more or less happy ’experiment’ " (1924: 164). However‚ polytonality can be found in his previous ballet as well. Two major triads
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spot of American music. Yet compositions were not conceived until the early eighteenth century with the musical compositions by the drastically differing composers‚ Billings and Hopkinson. Francis Hopkinson was a popular composer of the time but does not change or influence music in society of today. William Billings is an original composer‚ writing from the heart‚ appealing to all classes and very influential in the furthering of "American" music. The venues playing these two types of music differ
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Ludwig Van Beethoven (December 16‚ 1770 – March 26‚ 1827) He was a German composer of Classical music‚ the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest of composers‚ and his reputation inspired – and in some cases intimidated – composers‚ musicians‚ and audiences who were to come after him. Beethoven’s first music teacher was his father‚ who worked as a musician in the Electoral court at Bonn. Beethoven’s
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learning that composers in the 1900 were considered modernists was interesting. I was also surprised with the "Holy trinity" of music; I never really thought about rhythm being a modern concept. Of course‚ Industrialization in the 19th and 20th century obviously played a key role in changing the all of the arts. Starting with a variety of modernism‚ anti-traditionalism. Anti-traditionalism is a movement that first started in 1890 with varying experimentation by artists‚ composers‚ writers
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were left behind. There were athletic games‚ and poetry recitals. Music was combined with other arts: drama‚ poetry‚ and dancing. Classical music comes from the God Apollo whereas romantic music came from Dionysus who played the aulos. Major Composers- Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ and Euripides all had dramas that were written to be sung and danced. Musical forms- They improvised on the spot‚ creating and performing their works. Many people don’t know how the music actually sounded. The drinking song
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Allegro assai Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Year and place of birth: January 27‚ 1756 in Salzburg‚ Austria Year and place of death: December 5‚ 1791‚ in Vienna‚ Austria Composer is best known for: Mozart is known for many things‚ of which include piano pieces‚ as well as operas. I will be performing in one this winter‚ The Magic FluteJ He was one of the greatest music prodigies of all time/ A well-known musical contemporary of this composer is: Johann Adolph
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